Operations Lead

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

At Flex, we welcome people   of   all backgrounds. Our employees thrive here by living our values: we support each other as we strive to find a better way, we move fast with discipline and purpose, and we   do the right thing always .      Through a respectful,   inclusive   and collaborative culture, a career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference, invest in your career growth and join our purpose -- to make great products that create value and improve people’s lives.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth,   we’re   looking to add a   Lead   located   in   Salt Lake City, UT.       Reporting to the   Production Supervisor,   the   Lead   role involve s   being   r esponsible for   providing leadership and direction to groups of non-exempt employees.        What a typical day looks like:     Provide feedback to supervisors about employees’ performance through formal and informal meetings.   Coordinate   people   resource requirements for the department.   Communicate priority tasks to team daily and lead efforts towards production goals.     Highlight and investigate material shortages or discrepancies.   Help alert other departments   about   planned and unplanned downtime.   Avoid downtime due to material shortages by ensuring that lines are supplied with sufficient materials.     Update “pass down” and “down time” communication reports to ensure communication flow with opposite shift.   Follow quality indicators and help alert others if predefined indicators fall below the target.   Organize   employees’   at assigned workstations and rearrange assignments when necessary.   Identify   cause   of mass failures and make the necessary adjustments to overcome errors.   Recognize,   monitor , and overcome bottlenecks.   Motivate and mentor individual employees and small groups of employees.   Monitor employees’ performance and communicate to   trainers   what additional training is needed.   Have the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform all job requirements in   area   of responsibility.   Be a leader in promoting compliance with 5S+1 and quality assurance practices.    Be   supervisors   first point of contact and be able to fill in for supervisor when necessary.    Ensure that accepted reasonable accommodations are met for employees in   area   of responsibility.      The experience   we’re   looking to add to our team:   Successful completion of   company   required training may be   required .    Must have 1 year of manufacturing experience at Flex or equivalent experience.    Requires a minimum of 6 certifications at Flex.   Ability to effectively present information in   one on one   and small group situations to other employees, and supervisors of the organization.    Ability to read,   comprehend , and interpret complex instructions.   Must have knowledge of some Microsoft office applications such as excel, word, and power point.   Ability to speak and understand English.   Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables.    Ability to interpret a variety of instructions   furnished   in various forms.   What you'll receive for the great work you provide: Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans Life Insurance Short-term and Long-term Disability Matching 401(k) Contributions Vacation and Paid Sick Time Tuition Reimbursement